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Even though they previously held off on replacing city traffic circles, Howell City Council members this week moved ahead with a once-related proposal to repair curbs.

Councilmembers on Monday authorized curb repairs in the area of Barnard and Higgins streets.

They scaled back repairs to meet a previously approved spending limit.

The project is expected to cost $55,000, which will be taken from the city’s reserve funds.

Councilmembers earlier expressed concerns about the edge of the road cracking and crumbling in the area.

In approving the project, councilmembers postponed plans for additional curb work along Maple Street.

The curb projects are expected to be completed during the current construction season.

The council is expected to seek bids next year to replace all 16 mini-circles on residential streets.

In a light-hearted note, Howell Mayor Phillip Campbell’s Facebook page posted a photo of a park bench, carrying the logo “God Has Thyme,” that someone had placed in the landscaped circle at Madison and Court streets.

Councilmembers also held off on changing city parking regulations, rejecting a proposal designed to protect certain city streets from further curb erosion.

Proposed by Councilman Doug Heins, the ordinance would have eased restrictions on off-street parking on most streets.

Limits would be retained for swale areas, whose grade is substantially below that of the road.

But other councilmembers believed this would create a two-tier street parking system and that curb and grade improvements provided a better solution.